tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post2867058797763461926..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Sex and CivilizationTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-71862215941447346522012-06-28T14:50:25.535-05:002012-06-28T14:50:25.535-05:00T.G., I know next to nothing about Barth's per...T.G., I know next to nothing about Barth's personal life, and wouldn't presume to judge the rightness or wrongness of his theology on that basis.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-90039597952218595572012-06-28T13:25:41.313-05:002012-06-28T13:25:41.313-05:00Didn't Barth require the "attentions"...Didn't Barth require the "attentions" of his wife and one of his graduate students, a young lady who moved in with his family for years? How was this healthy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-57854063841738771642012-06-25T15:57:21.782-05:002012-06-25T15:57:21.782-05:00KK, it is one of the misfortunes of our language t...KK, it is one of the misfortunes of our language that "sex" means both a state of being (male, female, or intersex) and an activity. It is sometimes hard to separate the two, even with the proverbial crowbar. ;-)Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-82633800586477043802012-06-25T15:48:17.534-05:002012-06-25T15:48:17.534-05:00Wouldn't they be Non-o-sexuals?
Kevin KWouldn't they be Non-o-sexuals?<br /><br />Kevin KKevin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09209058724882822964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-91445007842644215792012-06-25T14:43:30.702-05:002012-06-25T14:43:30.702-05:00Yes. It's a bit like Basil Fawlty's, "...Yes. It's a bit like Basil Fawlty's, "Don't mention the WAR!" Of course, in addition to the helpful mnemonix -- which I recall from junior high history class -- there's also the fact that Henry's advisers briefly considered bigamy as the solution, after the manner of the kings of old. Henry apparently savored the thought, but never went through with it...Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-18214220770242370332012-06-25T14:32:46.597-05:002012-06-25T14:32:46.597-05:00Tobias,
You will forgive me but I find any defens...Tobias,<br /><br />You will forgive me but I find any defense of "traditional marriage" by a member of the CoE/Anglican communion to be laughable.<br /><br />"Divorced, beheaded and died; divorced, beheaded, survived...."Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200045196217644013noreply@blogger.com